News, Opinion

Virtual teachers can stop kids fully dropping out of education

Online schooling is not a magic answer and should never be a dumping ground. But for some pupils on…

Freddie Whittaker
Lisa Boorman
News

Leaders still facing problems with AI attendance reports

Department for Education says ‘no model is perfect’ as heads flag concerns with similar school groupings

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
News

Revealed: The 2025 Pearson Teaching Awards winners

Sixteen winners from early years, schools and colleges recognised – here’s the full list

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Academies

Another Catholic diocese plans mega MATs

‘Shifting demographics’ and financial pressures have left trusts needing to ‘serve more than 10,000’, says diocese

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School business leadership

Unions call for business leaders’ pay alignment

Government urged to align pay with that of other school leaders as analysis shows stagnation

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Three councils allowed to breach minimum school funding rules

North Tyneside, Bracknell Forest and – for the third year in a row – Kent all ‘gained approval to…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Academies

Island’s exodus reversed: How pupils are coming back to Sheppey

Teachers deemed the school too dangerous. Now pupils are flooding back, but there are rumblings of discontent

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Budget bedlam: £20bn SEND black hole prompts DfE row with spending watchdog

Former adviser says Treasury is ‘trying to force the pace’ of reforms

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

6 encouraging findings from DfE’s workload survey 

Average weekly hours drop and wellbeing improves, though one-third still plan to leave within a year

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Trust to pilot pupils’ ideas to solve KS3 engagement crisis 

Lift Schools aims to tackle ‘cliff edge’ drop of engagement as pupils reach secondary age

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
News

Ofqual calls for exam time scrutiny as revised access arrangements published

Ofqual said ministers must “explicitly consider” whether pupils have enough time in reformed exams after data fiasco

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Schools

EYFS: Rise in ‘school ready’ pupils – but government way off target

More reception pupils achieve ‘good level of development’ this year, but improvement rate below what’s required to hit 75%…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth